It was a beautiful morning with the sun shining and birds chirping their way around. Flowers looked as if they were dancing to life. It felt like a new different world outside Aniruddh's window.
For the last one week Aniruddh had worked really hard to get together his holiday homework report. He was really proud of the result and was ecstatic about submitting his report to his teacher. Today was his last day off and he had decided to relax and enjoy the day.
With a smile on his face he rose and went to his table. His heart almost missed a beat when he reached his table. His report was missing. Aniruddh was shocked! He had worked for one whole week on that report. Now when he was just one day far from submitting it, it had gone missing. He looked around his room. It was a mess and there was no way he could find his report. Feeling helpless, Aniruddh started crying.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Aniruddh looked up as his sister walked in. When Aniruddh told her, his reason for crying, his sister told him to start cleaning his room rather than sitting and crying. Realising that she had a point Aniruddh got up and started cleaning his room. He arranged everything and put everything back at it's original place. As he picked his pillow to put it back properly, he shouted with joy. His report was lying there. While leafing through the pages of the report, he found out that he had just one part of the report, rest of it was still missing.
He was really worried and ran to his sister's room. It was then that she told Aniruddh that she had deliberately hidden his report at different places in the house. If he really wanted the report, he would have to find it by himself. Aniruddh was annoyed! As he was walking out of the room, he heard his sister say,"Probably you should look in the garden". Aniruddh ran towards the garden.
There was an overgrowth of weed all over the garden. Aniruddh knew that if he wanted the report he will have to clear it. He started cutting the overgrowth. It took him hours to complete the entire garden. Aniruddh was working on the last patch when he saw a brown envelope. He was relieved when he saw the envelope had sheets from his report.
"Oh Aniruddh, so you finally did clear the garden!" Aniruddh turned as he heard his mother say " It would be really nice if you could water it as well". He thought when he had already done so much work, why not do what his mother was saying as well. And so he watered the garden too.
Exhausted Aniruddh went back to his room and opened the envelope. He felt like shouting at the top of his voice when he realised that still a part of the report was missing. He once again went to his sister's room. She told him that she has done all this to teach him a lesson. For the last one week he had completely ignored what everybody else said. Aniruddh realised that she was correct. His mother has been continuously asking him to help her with some household chores, but he never gave it another thought. Noe Aniruddh sat back and thought about what else his mother had asked him to do.
He ran towards the attic as realisation hit him. There were loads of heavy boxes in the attic, all covered with dust. There was not even enough space to move around. With great difficulty, Aniruddh started lifting those boxes and arranged them neatly. As he removed the last box, he saw the report. The first thing he did was to check if it was a complete part or still some pages were missing. But he need not have worried since that was the complete last part of the report. By the time Aniruddh got back to his room he was tired and sweating. He compiled his report and safely kept it in his bag. Aniruddh then thought if he would have done all this when asked to do, then he would not be so exhausted today.
Worn out from the entire day's work Aniruddh rested his head on the pillow as sleep took over. It had been a hectic day for him, but a new morning awaited him.
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For the last one week Aniruddh had worked really hard to get together his holiday homework report. He was really proud of the result and was ecstatic about submitting his report to his teacher. Today was his last day off and he had decided to relax and enjoy the day.
With a smile on his face he rose and went to his table. His heart almost missed a beat when he reached his table. His report was missing. Aniruddh was shocked! He had worked for one whole week on that report. Now when he was just one day far from submitting it, it had gone missing. He looked around his room. It was a mess and there was no way he could find his report. Feeling helpless, Aniruddh started crying.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Aniruddh looked up as his sister walked in. When Aniruddh told her, his reason for crying, his sister told him to start cleaning his room rather than sitting and crying. Realising that she had a point Aniruddh got up and started cleaning his room. He arranged everything and put everything back at it's original place. As he picked his pillow to put it back properly, he shouted with joy. His report was lying there. While leafing through the pages of the report, he found out that he had just one part of the report, rest of it was still missing.
He was really worried and ran to his sister's room. It was then that she told Aniruddh that she had deliberately hidden his report at different places in the house. If he really wanted the report, he would have to find it by himself. Aniruddh was annoyed! As he was walking out of the room, he heard his sister say,"Probably you should look in the garden". Aniruddh ran towards the garden.
There was an overgrowth of weed all over the garden. Aniruddh knew that if he wanted the report he will have to clear it. He started cutting the overgrowth. It took him hours to complete the entire garden. Aniruddh was working on the last patch when he saw a brown envelope. He was relieved when he saw the envelope had sheets from his report.
"Oh Aniruddh, so you finally did clear the garden!" Aniruddh turned as he heard his mother say " It would be really nice if you could water it as well". He thought when he had already done so much work, why not do what his mother was saying as well. And so he watered the garden too.
Exhausted Aniruddh went back to his room and opened the envelope. He felt like shouting at the top of his voice when he realised that still a part of the report was missing. He once again went to his sister's room. She told him that she has done all this to teach him a lesson. For the last one week he had completely ignored what everybody else said. Aniruddh realised that she was correct. His mother has been continuously asking him to help her with some household chores, but he never gave it another thought. Noe Aniruddh sat back and thought about what else his mother had asked him to do.
He ran towards the attic as realisation hit him. There were loads of heavy boxes in the attic, all covered with dust. There was not even enough space to move around. With great difficulty, Aniruddh started lifting those boxes and arranged them neatly. As he removed the last box, he saw the report. The first thing he did was to check if it was a complete part or still some pages were missing. But he need not have worried since that was the complete last part of the report. By the time Aniruddh got back to his room he was tired and sweating. He compiled his report and safely kept it in his bag. Aniruddh then thought if he would have done all this when asked to do, then he would not be so exhausted today.
Worn out from the entire day's work Aniruddh rested his head on the pillow as sleep took over. It had been a hectic day for him, but a new morning awaited him.
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